At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Chuxiu Palace of the Forbidden City, Xingzhen changed her clothes and couldn't help but sneeze inexplicably, secretly wondering if someone was talking about herself behind her back? Then I thought that now that I am in charge of the palace, I don't know how many people are talking behind my back, so I laughed at the moment.

Instructed Kang Qi to wait for the palace maid to come in, and prepare to go to the elder brother's house to visit Jae Chun. She was busy all morning, only ate a bowl of millet porridge at noon, and then asked An Dehai and Li Lianying to take the building blocks made by Lei Tingchang in the style room and go to Brother's house.

This Lei Tingchang is the ninth generation of style Lei, the Lei family has been the palace craftsman since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, and the palace courtyards and garden scenery in the palace are all designed by their Lei family, and even the famous Old Summer Palace is mostly designed by his hands.

Let Lei Tingchang, a skillful craftsman, make a set of building blocks is still handy, only one day of hard work, the building blocks will be ready to be sent over, Xingzhen took a closer look, the edges and corners of the building blocks, Lei Tingchang is also finely sharpened smooth, and will not stab the child, so Xingzhen is very satisfied, she didn't expect that this sharp edge should be rounded, otherwise it will hurt the child.

Walking out of Chuxiu Palace, the scorching sun broke through the clouds, and under a strong burst of sunlight, Xingzhen felt a little dazzled, there were a lot of trivial things these days, but she was a little tired. Seeing that her body was shaking, Kang Qi hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said hurriedly: "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xingzhen smiled slightly, cheered up, and said, "It's okay, I just didn't sleep well last night." ”

Kang Qi hurriedly said: "Can the slave summon the imperial doctor to come over and show the master?" Xingzhen broke away from Kangqi's hand and said, "I'm not so delicate yet, let's go." Then he continued walking.

Kang Qi hurriedly followed, and said as he walked: "Master, if you really can't sleep well, it's better to let the imperial doctor take a look, this woman can't sleep well." After giving birth to a child again, I grew old fast. ”

Xingzhen glared at her and scolded with a smile: "You are cursing me to be old." Kang Qi hurriedly said: "The master forgives the sins, and the slave and maid are talking nonsense." ”

Xingzhen smiled: "That's it, how can anyone not get old?" Just go with the flow, and strive for what looks permanent and what will keep you young forever, that is to ask for troubles and age faster. ”

Kang Qi also laughed and said: "It's still the master who can see through, and the concubines in other palaces are doing everything possible to find some prescriptions for themselves to take and become more beautiful." With the exception of our master, he never needs to apply any rouge gouache, and he is still beautiful and moving. ”

Xingzhen looked at Kang Qi's delicate face, pursed her lips and smiled: "Your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, Aunt Kang." I see you're almost twenty-eight years old, do you want to get married? If you want to. Talk to me. I'll ask the emperor for a favor and let you go out of the palace to marry. ”

When Kang Qi heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and said urgently: "Master, Kang Qi wants to serve his master forever, and he doesn't want to go out of the palace to marry." Saying that, she couldn't stop kowtowing, and Xingzhen hurriedly helped her up. But seeing Kang Qi's corner of his eyes glancing at An Dehai who was following behind the two, Xingzhen's heart was bright, and she pulled her up and whispered: "You don't want to go out of the palace for Xiao Anzi?" Kang Qi blushed and nodded slightly. Xingzhen was a little surprised. Pulling her as he walked, he whispered: "Xiao Anzi is a eunuch, you and him"

Kang Qi said in a weak voice: "Although Xiao Anzi is a eunuch, he is a very good person, and he is also very good to the slave and maid, and he can face him day and night, the slave and maid are already satisfied, and the slave and maid are willing to stay with him for the rest of his life, and he is not afraid of no descendants." ”

Xingzhen's heart was shocked, is this the rumored platonic love? But seeing that Kang Qi's eyes were full of love, without the slightest regret, she sighed secretly, thinking that there was really such a pure love without love between people, and after sighing, she couldn't help but think of the shadow in her heart that was already very vague, and at this moment she tried hard to recall the voice and smile of the shadow, but it was so vague and out of reach.

"Xiao Yungui, have I almost forgotten about you?" Xingzhen thought bitterly, and the corners of her mouth smiled bitterly, but Xianfeng's pointed and thin face seemed to be clearer. Xingzhen let out a sigh of relief, dissipated her cranky thoughts, and quickly got into the sedan chair and went to her brother's place.

When he arrived at the brother's office, the child just woke up, and when Jaechun saw Xingzhen, he smiled and stretched out his hand to hug Xingzhen.

Xingzhen hugged Jae-chun and teased him for a while, put him on the bed, and took out the blocks for him to play with. Xingzhen looked at Jae-chun who was playing with the blocks with her head down, and touched his little pink face, her heart was full of love.

In the elder brother's house for a long time, until the child was tired of playing, Jaechun had been weaned, and after eating some gruel, he fell asleep, and Xingzhen left with everyone. Walking out of the elder brother's office, looking at the sun, it was already Shen Shi, and after returning to Chuxiu Palace to have some refreshments, the sky was sultry, and Xingzhen took a nap.

After waking up, Xingzhen got up, only felt much better, hurriedly freshened up, and took Kang Qi to Xu Jia's residence, she planned to see Xu Jia's house. An Dehai and Li Lianying went directly to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites in the afternoon to wait for the news of the negotiations between the aunt and Britain and France.

Xingzhen was actually very worried that Su Shun would go on this errand, and although there was nothing wrong with refusing the British and French requests to go to Beijing, she was afraid that Britain and France would also treat her with a tough attitude, and she was betting that Britain and France would not dare to launch a full-scale war now, or that it would take time for Britain and France to start a war.

Xingzhen took Kang Qi and a group of Hu Cong to pass by Xian'an Palace, only to see a newly built palace courtyard next to Xian'an Palace presented in front of him, the courtyard here covers a wide area, the front and back are divided into three courtyards, and there are cross-courtyards in the east and west. The main entrance is three glazed doors with the wall, among which there are four wooden screen doors in the door, one of which is covered with yellow glazed tile roof. The first courtyard is the main hall, this hall is south-facing, the face is wide five, the yellow glazed tile single eaves rest on the top of the mountain, the bright room opens the door, and the rest is the sill window. The main hall enters three deep rooms, the yellow glazed tile rests on the top of the mountain, the bright room retreats into a step brocade door four, and the second room, the tip is set up with a sill window. After the third into the courtyard, the courtyard stacks stones for the mountain, and there are three small halls in the east and west.

Standing outside the courtyard, I saw craftsmen everywhere busy cleaning, obviously finishing the final cleaning after it had been completed. Not far away, an official dressed in a five-grade civil official costume walked quickly, stepped forward and saluted, and said, "Wei Chen Ministry style Fang Lei Tingchang see Yi Guifei." ”

Xingzhen was slightly surprised, Lei Tingchang in front of her was only about twenty years old, although she ordered Lei Tingchang to make building blocks, but she had never seen him in person, and the image of a middle-aged person in her imagination was far from it, and said: "Lord Lei is not polite, I didn't expect Lord Lei to be so young." I also said that the person in charge of style thunder should be some age. ”

Lei Tingchang stood up, bowed slightly and said: "Niangniang praised, the style Lei is still the father of the family, Lei is in charge, and Weichen is only assisting his father." ”

Xingzhen sighed, looked at the newly completed palace in front of her and said: "Lord Lei got the true biography of the Lei family at a young age, and I want to come to this Xian'an Palace Academy but you are the work you completed alone." ”

Lei Tingchang lowered his head and said, "My father corrected a few mistakes, but fortunately, he didn't delay the completion deadline. ”

Xingzhen was curious about this newly built palace, and walked into the courtyard to watch, but saw that the plaques on each palace door were blank, Xingzhen asked, "Haven't you named it yet?" ”

Lei Tingchang nodded and said: "If you go back to Niangniang, according to the rules, the emperor should give the name." ”

Xingzhen smiled slightly and said: "Then wait for the emperor to return to the palace before naming it, Lord Lei is really a family origin, and it is indeed ingenious." But look at the glutinous rice between the bricks, is it? ”

Lei Tingchang was a little strange why Xingzhen suddenly said this, and said: "Back to Niangniang, the bricks of the houses in this palace are handled like this, and the best glutinous rice is used here." ”

Xingzhen snorted and said: "A few days ago, I heard that there was a kind of thing called cement in Yiren, and a cement factory can be built to produce this thing. It is rumored that this thing is the best material for building houses, much better than the glutinous rice we use now, and it does not waste food, and Lord Lei can use it for reference. ”

Lei Tingchang sighed, his eyes lit up, and said: "Niangniang is well-read, if there is really this kind of material better than glutinous rice, Weichen should use it to give it a try." ”

Xingzhen smiled slightly and said: "Prince Gong is planning to go to Dagu to meet with the Yi people, if you want to know the subtleties, Lord Lei can go to Dagu with Prince Gong to ask for advice." Moreover, I heard that Western architectural techniques are quite different from those of our Middle Earth, and there are many Yi people in Guangzhou, so Lord Lei can go to Guangzhou to travel, and maybe there will be gains. ”

Lei Tingchang is a studious person, obsessed with architectural techniques, in the early years, he also heard his father talk about Western architecture, and there are houses built by the previous generations of the Lei family in the Old Summer Palace in imitation of Western architecture, but the subtleties are still inseparable from Chinese techniques.

Xingzhen looked at the newly built Xian'an Palace Academy, and was very happy in her heart, Xianfeng listened to her construction and built a new academy in the palace, thinking that she would start teaching the heirs of the nobles in the near future, but how to persuade Xianfeng to learn Western studies requires some brains.

When I was watching, I saw Li Lianying panting and running in, bowing to the ground, panting, and said urgently: "Master Qiqi, the 800-mile urgent report of Lord Su in Dagukou has arrived at the Ministry of Rites, and this morning the foreigner replied that he is willing to discuss and meet with Prince Gong in Dagukou." ”

Xingzhen breathed a sigh of relief, she was finally right, Britain and France were indeed not ready for all-out war, at least until it seemed that diplomatic means could resolve the dispute, Britain and France would not mobilize a huge expeditionary force to start a war.

Xingzhen immediately ordered Li Lianying to recruit Prince Gong, once Britain and France agreed to negotiate, Prince Gong would be ready to leave for Dagukou, she still needed to ask Yi? Give some explanations. But then Xingzhen remembered the explanation of Xianfeng's letter, for the British and French negotiations, Xianfeng asked not to lose the national body, but also to be able to appease Britain and France. Xianfeng's letter is a paradox in itself, and he can't personally come forward to negotiate with the envoys of the two countries, but he is a little embarrassed Prince Gong, if he doesn't explain one or two, I'm afraid that things will still be messed up. (To be continued......)